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once condemned the offender to be hanged. The woman was greatly delighted. The barristers of England deemed this as a victory achieved by Indian intelligence. Thus, Pandit Motilal brought glory to his country.
This is the right way to use our intelligence. To use our intelligence in this manner we require calmness and concentration. If the mind is in a state of delusion, the power of reasoning becomes dormant or paralysed.
Many people come to listen to discourses but happily they begin sleeping or dozing. In their half asleep state, if anything falls on their ears, they misunderstand its import. Here is an amusing example. The incident occurred in the case of the mother of a doctor. She used to come to listen to the discourses punctually and regularly. One day the Gurudev said aloud, quoting the words of Lord Mahāvira,
" TITA! AT TATOS 11" Samayam Goyama Ma Pamāyae
"Oh Gautam! Be alert. Do not be indifferent even for a moment."
The old woman woke up from her state of trance a little and again fell asleep. She never understood what the Gurudev was saying in his discourse. She heard only the words, “Goyama”, and thought that the Gurudev was suffering from some pain and that he was crying out, “Oyamma!” which means, "Oh mother!"--a cry that is uttered in pain. The next day she told her son, who was a doctor, “You are a big doctor and you are curing diseases of people but sometimes you must also render service to others. Such benevolence will bring you much spiritual benefit." The doctor said, “Mother, who is in need of help? Whom shall I treat? If there is any sick person in your knowledge tell me, I will treat him without taking money from him, I will treat him without asking for any fee.” The old woman said, “In our town, the Jain Sadhus are performing the austerity of Chaturmās. (The Jain ascetics stay for the four months of the rainy
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